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sqlacid··on Tesla Cybertruck deliveries halted for 7 days
Schadenfreude
sqlacid··on John C. Dvorak on Intel's First Neural Network Chip in 1990
Check out Cranky Geeks on YouTube, classic John C.
sqlacid··on Wyze security incident update
Am I the only one that saw Wyze and thought Wyse? Guess I'm old.
sqlacid··on Yahoo admits mangling e-mail (2002)
Classic comment
sqlacid··on Dear Spotify, can we just get a table of songs?
I'll never forget discovering the third track of Monty Python's Matching Tie and Handkerchief, thought I'd lost my mind.

As an Eno fan I'm not familiar with the mentioned album.

King Crimson would put hidden messages printed in the vinyl inner track, I remember seeing "The next step is Discipline", which was their next album.

I also miss the thriving bootleg community, picture discs.

sqlacid··on Discipline by King Crimson
Epitaph on the same album gets more relevant every day.

Knowledge is a deadly friend When no one sets the rules. The fate of all mankind I see Is in the hands of fools.

sqlacid··on X Minus One: 1950s Science Fiction Radio Programs Available to Listen (2011)
I highly recommend NIGHTFALL from CBC. https://archive.org/details/Nightfall-cbc-oldTimeRadio

Newer vintage, 80's, excellent productions

sqlacid··on Scientists say you can cancel the noise but keep your window open
I'm not OP, but I'm sure he's talking Sony, I did a similar boycott (rootkit on Sony music CD's), but recently bought WH-1000XM3 and the NC is phenomenal, battery life is very good; very comfortable and lightweight; not sure I could sleep with them on though.
sqlacid··on Programming Steve Reich’s Piano Phase in SuperCollider
and Drumming

and Come Out

Drumming is fascinating to watch players perform

Come Out has amazing analog audio tape phasing

sqlacid··on I am mesmerized by our new robotic vacuum (2019)
I see an older model with 1300Pa suction available at $219; the current 1500Pa I see at $249
sqlacid··on I am mesmerized by our new robotic vacuum (2019)
more likely to get a used returned item being sold as new; I bought an expensive water filter cartridge from AMZ and got shipped one that was obviously used. Somebody probably bought a new one, then returned their current used one. AMZ refunded money without question tho. You could get a new vac with a spent expensive battery pretty easily.
sqlacid··on Ask HN: Did offering a money-back guarantee help your business?
I wish the didn't use Sucralose in their protein bars; or even stevia, it's like a bad aftertaste on top of a bad aftertaste.
sqlacid··on Algorithms, by Jeff Erickson
Copyright question, the copyright page says draft published 12/29/2018, but the copyright is 2019; doesn't that mean somebody could have taken the work, published as their own as copyright 2018 on 12/30/2018 which would be earlier than the author's 2019 claim? I'm not a copyright expert by any means, but am always troubled when I see "Copyright $CURRENT_DATE" in electronic works, I thought it was supposed to reflect the earliest date of claim.
sqlacid··on Theft: A History of Music
Forgot I have a copy of that, need to go dig it up; found lots of new music to listen to thanks to it.
sqlacid··on Most Remote Spots in USA Wilderness Complexes
I saw the same thing for the only Adirondack entry on the list; there's on spot that is technically private property surrounded by wilderness that probably drops the distance in half. Sure somebody could put a road there, but the effort would be insane.
sqlacid··on Why Japanese Whisky Is So Good and So Hard to Find
odd the "proper" spelling yields not quite the same results, Hawaii disappears

https://trends.google.com/trends/explore?date=all&geo=US&q=j...

sqlacid··on Amazon device recorded private conversation, sent it out to random contact
>Output to a bluetooth speaker or headphone jack that wasn't audible?). And that can be fixed.

Not sure how to fix that, if you use the aux out it has no way of knowing what happens on the other end; a confirmation prompt that isn't heard could still pick up an errant "Ok" response. Perhaps require a PIN like the shopping confirmation that would make it much much more unlikely? Or better yet, disable messaging as an option.

sqlacid··on Amazon device recorded private conversation, sent it out to random contact
could be picking up a bounced audio if it close to a wall or other surface.
sqlacid··on A History of APL in 50 Functions
the joys of frameset
sqlacid··on FAA Tapes from That Oregon UFO Incident
Agreed, but it does say "© 2018 Time Inc. All Rights Reserved" at the bottom, that enough of an About page for me.
sqlacid··on Inside the ubiquitous 741 op amp, the circuits in silicon
I'm not qualified to answer so I will. Electronics.stackexchange.com, not analog only obviously but good q&a spot like all the se sites, even with the occasional crank. Chat room too.
sqlacid··on Excel_to_code – Converts some Excel spreadsheets to C
I've got the scars, 123, Symphony, Quattro, Paradox, Excel, Access, dBase II, III, IV, Lotus Notes.....OLE!
sqlacid··on Excel_to_code – Converts some Excel spreadsheets to C
Surely I'm not the only one that remembers someone doing this with Lotus 1-2-3 in the 80's...how far we've come. What's next, a database in a spreadsheet? Word processor? Modem application?